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Ska (/ s k ɑː /; Jamaican Creole: skia, ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. [1] It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a walking bass line accented with rhythms on the off beat.
Ska punk (also spelled ska-punk) is a fusion genre that mixes ska music and punk rock music. Ska punk tends to feature brass instruments , especially horns such as trumpets, trombones and woodwind instruments like saxophones, making the genre distinct from other forms of punk rock.
Pages in category "Ska festivals" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Cois Fharraige (festival) M.
Ska Boo-Da-Ba: Top Sounds from Top Deck, Volume 3 (Westside UK, 1998) Ska-Ta-Shot: Top Sounds from Top Deck, Volume 4 (Westside UK, 1998) Ska-Tola: Top Sounds from Top Deck, Volume 5 (Westside UK, 1998) Heroes of Reggae in Dub: The Skatalites Meet King Tubby (Guava Jelly, 1999) Nucleus of Ska (Music Club, 2001) The Legendary Skatalites in Dub ...
The festival is touted as the largest ska festival in the country by its organizer Ben Altom.The event usually takes place during the spring, but the two most recent festivals have been moved to Summer (Ska Weekend 2008 was July 19) The Event draws some of the most popular ska, punk and rocksteady bands in Northern America (The Planet Smashers, The Know How, mu330, Catch 22, Go Jimmy Go ...
Northalsted Market Days, Boystown, August; Ribfest Chicago, North Center, June [8] Six Corners BBQ Fest, ... Chicago Gospel Music Festival; Chicago Jazz Festival;
Chicago's music scene has been well known for its blues music for many years. "Chicago Blues" uses a variety of instruments in a way which heavily influenced early rock and roll music, including instruments like electrically amplified guitar, drums, piano, bass guitar and sometimes the saxophone or harmonica, which are generally used in Delta blues, which originated in Mississippi.
ChicagoFest was a Chicago music festival established in 1978 by Mayor Michael Bilandic.It was a two-week event held annually at Navy Pier that featured sixteen separate stages, each sponsored by a national retail brand and a media sponsor compatible to the stage's format, e.g. Rock WLUP, Chicago Tribune Jazz, Miller Brewing Company Blues and WXRT, that broadcast live from the festival.